I just replied to an email I had missed last month from Will at Charlotte Fence Company. Will looked at the source code for GrowMap and when he saw nofollow tags in it he thought we were not really Certified DoFollow. It is easy to see how someone might think that so I want to share more details with my readers.
The best WordPress Themes automatically nofollow certain unimportant fields and since we use Thesis that is true here. The nofollow tags Will is seeing are on the Twitter links, dates, and reply links in the comments – not on your anchor text links to your sites.
The best way to determine whether a site adds no follow to links to yours is by using a tool such as the link checker in the SEOBook Toolbar. If you already have the Toolbar look for the red double-arrow to the right of the orange RSS feed icon as shown in the image below:
Highlight No Follow Links
If you have the toolbar turned on (click on the word SEOBook on the far left of the toolbar to toggle the tool off and on) and click on the red Highlight NoFollow Links icon, all nofollowed links on the page will be highlighted in red.
As you can see in the example image below, Thesis has automatically nofollowed the links for reply, dates, and to your Twitter account and the links to your sites using your selected anchor text and the CommentLuv featured posts are dofollow:
What is No Followed at GrowMap - What is Do Followed
Our source code is visible, but if you want to see the source code on sites where it isn’t use this View HTML Source Code Viewer. Some sites move their source code off-page as part of advanced SEO strategies.
We recommend you check the status of the many links on your blog or site using the free SEOBook Toolbar of one of the other alternatives. It is not a bad idea to nofollow unimportant links.
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Twitter: @andrewrondeau
You know I never new you could use the SEOBook tool.
I’ve had the tool installed for months but some tools have so many features.
Bit like a washing machine. You only use 10% of what it can do!
Andrew
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Twitter: @GrowMap
Hi Andrew,
I feel exactly the same way about the SEOBook Toolbar (and many other tools I use). That is why I am so big on collaborating – so we can share what we already know and learn much faster.
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Wow, thanks for the awesome free tool and link to the list.
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I use Seoquake and it has a line through all nofollowed links. Quick question -wWhy do you prefer the Seobook plugin over Seoquake?
Twitter: @GrowMap
Hi James,
There are often multiple tools that do about the same thing and not enough time to try them all. I do not know that I would prefer SEOBook over SEOquake because I have not used SEOQuake.
I would love to hear from anyone who can compare them to see what they can share.
I commend you on providing HomeSchooling Resources as I believe that wisely done home schooling is far more beneficial to children.
Word of Mouth will definitely help you increase visibility for your resources and make sure more parents can use them.
.-= growmap´s last blog ..Word of Mouth Marketing =-.
I’d just like to note that it’s also worth the time and effort to mark the about, privacy, terms etc. pages as “no follow” as well. Why you still cannot do this in WP as a default really boggles my mind!
Twitter: @GrowMap
Hi Ella,
It doesn’t appear that the folks behind WP want to make optimum SEO the default. I believe the Platinum SEO plugin allows users to do that without having to hardcode the pages.
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Twitter: @sonlinebiz
I kinda prefer the NoDoFollow firefox addon by Zachary Fox as it also highlights the dofollow links as well using a grey color and red for nofollow
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Hello Udegbunam,
I just discovered yesterday that both the SEOBook Toolbar and the SEOMoz toolbar both mark the comment links in as nofollow even though there is no rel=”nofollow” in them. We don’t know why.
The NoDoFollow Firefox plugin shows them as DoFollow but Kristi aka Kikolani tells me that plugin only works in older versions of Firefox.
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I like DoFollow Blogs! I always commenting on DoFollow blogs because the backlinks are very valuable.Commenting is a fantastic way to meet new people and make connections. So, here I am out on the net randomly visiting Do-Follow blogs. Your blog is very informative.
[Edited by GrowMap to add anchor text]
Twitter: @GrowMap
Welcome Andrew,
I edited your comment to give your site appropriate anchor text. Do read my post about KeywordLuv I’ve featured in CommentLuv in this reply to find out why that is important and how it works.
.-= growmap´s last blog ..DoFollow CommentLuv KeywordLuv Community =-.
I have never heard of the SEOtoolbar. I will definitely look into this.
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No follow and do follow is quite helpful in SEO as the links with do follow will help you indexing on top on the Google while no follow will help only in getting traffic.
Thanks
Thanks for this useful information. I have downloaded Seotoolbar, tried it and it works perfectly well just as you explained. It is a huge knowledge gained in split seconds. Cheers.
Wow…Really it is very useful post & I am new in SEO field and from last various months I am trying to find out exact difference but not get success in that, but now I get everything from your post & thanks for sharing such a informative post.
I really like the nodofollow plugin for firefox.
Thank you very much for the share. I am using search status firefox addon to realize dofollow and nofollow blogs.
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I`m new in SEO field and from some time I`m using SeoQuake. After reading this post I realized that I have in my seo tool something like “line-through nofollow and noindex”. Jupi
Thanks for this post.
Commenting on “do follow” is really helpful to both sides. As it both has it shares of benefit.
With the help of those SEO toolbars, We can easily determine whether it is “no follow” or “do follow” ..
I just want to know, Is there a difference between SEObook and SeoQuake? What is it? Thanks!
Really decent little plugin, it has always been a real pain for me to manuall check the code, especially since some people use the tag in the header, some on each individual link…so this definitely helps alot. Thank ya!
Most of the peoples are going to choose do follow but still I am with no follow & also my blog is having no follow because I really hate spammers & no follow is a good for keep spammers away from you. & if any one can have no follow then he will get only real comments.
Most of the peoples are going to choose do follow but still I am with no follow & also my blog is having no follow because I really hate spammers & no follow is a good for keep spammers away from you. & if any one can have no follow then he will get only real comments.
I’ve been using the SEO toolbar on my firefox so that it wouldn’t mess up the view on my regular browsing during my personal use. Yes, it is easy to turn it off from View-Toolbars-SEO, but I’d rather have one browser dealing with regular stuff and one with blogging.
I personally like the tool bar. Not only does it show you No-Follow links, but it also gives page rank and so many more factors that you have to consider. It is a definitely a good resource to have.
Good post!
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Here is the information interesting and useful that you share.
Leave comments in dofollow blogs is one of the best ways to increase my website.otherwise Commenting is a great way for me to meet new people and make connections, share information.
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